In this episode Matt takes a quick 6-minutes to unpick a new report from the Home Builders Federation on how planning authorities are coping with BNG one year on.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
40% of local authorities do not have access to in-house ecologists
1 in 3 planning authorities have not expanded their ecology teams since BNG was introduced
25% of LPA ecologists have left their roles in the last year!!
25% of staff recruited to support BNG are temporary
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ABOUT THE HOST:
Matt started his working life as a Countryside Ranger.
Pretty soon he was smitten with all things trees and started a tree surgery business in Surrey.
By 2010 this had morphed into an arboricultural and environmental consultancy which operates across the UK.
ROAVR Group was officially founded in 2013 and has morphed into an all encompassing film, survey and inspection company that is driven by technology and powered by people.
Matt is the best selling author of two books, The Planning Application Hack and Unmanned 'A Drone Story'.
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